Overall Green Forest fire alert in Angola from 23 May 2023 00:00 UTC to 10 Jun 2023 00:00 UTC

Event summary

This forest fire is expected to have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID	WF 1014645
Countries:	Angola
Start Date - Last detection*:	23 May 2023 - 10 Jun 2023
Duration (days):	18
People affected:	458 in the burned area
Burned area:	15008 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

*(Last detection of the thermal anomaly of the fire)

GDACS Score

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Impact Timeline

ID	GDACS Score	Population Affected	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1	0.5	128	7644	05 Jun 2023 08:00	GWIS
2	0.5	249	11571	06 Jun 2023 08:00	GWIS
3	0.5	405	13189	07 Jun 2023 08:00	GWIS
4	0.5	458	14498	08 Jun 2023 08:00	GWIS
5	0.5	458	14735	10 Jun 2023 08:00	GWIS
6	0.5	458	15008	11 Jun 2023 08:00	GWIS

Fires Joined

This event includes other close identified fires:

Exposed population

The forest fire happened in Angola , Province of Malanje (population 997,314) . The nearest places are and Malange.

CCI Land Cover

Radius	Population
10 km	6600 people
5 km	5300 people
2 km	4100 people
1 km	3500 people
Burned Area	<1000 people

Land Cover	area	Source
Settlement	1710 m2	GHSL

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Malanje	Angola	1000000 people
Lunda Norte	Angola	330000 people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Malange	Malanje	Angola	City	-	101 km

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Critical infrastructure

Airports, ports, nuclear plants and hydrodams at risk, if affected, are listed below.

Airports

Name	IATA Code	Elevation (m)	Usage	Runway type	IFR	Runway Length (ft)	Distance
Luzamba	LZM	885				0	93 km
Malanje	MEG	1179	Civ.	Paved	No	7200	104 km
Cafunfo	CFF	860				0	107 km

Ports

Dams

Nuclear plants

More information

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